Information Report by Atomic Power Development Associates Covering Work from the Period August 1, 1954 to January 31, 1955 (open access)

Information Report by Atomic Power Development Associates Covering Work from the Period August 1, 1954 to January 31, 1955

Report issued by the APDA over the work conducted between August 1954 and January 1955. Descriptions of the studies, facilities, and equipment used during this time are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: January 31, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion of Construction Materials in 234-5 Project Solutions (open access)

Corrosion of Construction Materials in 234-5 Project Solutions

The following report covers the construction materials selected for laboratory corrosion studies and the determination of their corrosion rates in process solutions.
Date: January 31, 1950
Creator: Koenig, W. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report on Refining of MgX and Other Uranium-Bearing Materials (open access)

Progress Report on Refining of MgX and Other Uranium-Bearing Materials

From abstract: "Results of two methods of reducing the phosphate and vanadate contents of MgX, a uranium precipitate from the Belgian Congo, are described...Chemical analyses of several samples of pitchblende and MgX are presented."
Date: August 31, 1950
Creator: Ewing, R. A.; Kiehl, S. J., Jr. & Bearse, A. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Topical Report on Refining of MgX and Other Uranium-Bearing Materials (open access)

Topical Report on Refining of MgX and Other Uranium-Bearing Materials

This report discusses a study which explores the effects of feed and acidity on extractive methods. From abstract: "Results from fractional precipitation of MgX from dilute sulfuric acid solutions indicate that, in the presence of sufficienct iron, phosphate is precipitated as ferric phosphate, and not as uranyl phosphate."
Date: December 31, 1950
Creator: Ewing, R. A.; Belcher, R. L.; Kiehl, S. J., Jr. & Bearse, A. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Identification of Slag Constituents from Uranium Metal Production Bombs (open access)

Identification of Slag Constituents from Uranium Metal Production Bombs

Abstract: "X-ray and microscopic examination of slags from uranium metal production bombs which gave good and bad yields in the plant at St. Louis have indicated the significance of uranium oxide formation. Apparently the oxide (UO2) results from reaction of the UF4 with linear material, particularly with moisture in the liner."
Date: January 31, 1952
Creator: Vaughan, D. A.; Cocks, G. G. & Schwartz, C. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report on Purification of Thorium Nitrate by Solvent Extraction With Tributyl Phosphate: 1. Laboratory Investigations (open access)

Final Report on Purification of Thorium Nitrate by Solvent Extraction With Tributyl Phosphate: 1. Laboratory Investigations

Report discussing laboratory investigations of thorium nitrate purification. Batch equilibrium data, solubility data, viscosity data, density data, and the results seven batch countercurrent extraction tests and two selective stripping tests are included.
Date: July 31, 1952
Creator: Ewing, R. A.; Fishel, J. B.; Kiehl, S. J., Jr.; Sharpe, R. E. & Bearse, A. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beryllia and Beryllia-Beryllium Bodies for Moderating Cores in Fuel Elements (open access)

Beryllia and Beryllia-Beryllium Bodies for Moderating Cores in Fuel Elements

From introduction: This report presents the results of the two phases of the work: study of the compatibility of beryllia bodies with a coating material, molybdenum; and studies of beryllia-beryllium body fabrication.
Date: July 31, 1952
Creator: Long, R. E.; Duckworth, W. H.; Saller, Henry A.; Stacy, J. T.; Miller, R. A. & Schofield, H. Z.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report on Nonaqueous Extractive Methods for Western Uranium Ores (open access)

Final Report on Nonaqueous Extractive Methods for Western Uranium Ores

This report discusses tests of several nonaqueous extractive methods meant to leach Western ores of uranium and vanadium. Explanations of different methods are given as well as their extraction results.
Date: January 31, 1955
Creator: Ewing, R. A.; Kiehl, S. J., Jr. & Bearse, A. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report on the Concentration of Pitchblende (open access)

Progress Report on the Concentration of Pitchblende

Abstract: "The results of leaching studies on sulphide froth products obtained from the flotation of high-sulphur pitchblende are presented. The distribution of molybdenum in flotation products is also given. The flotation test at Middlesex is evaluated."
Date: December 31, 1950
Creator: Wesner, A. L.; Tangel, O. F. & Richardson, A. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report on Purification of Thorium Nitrate by Solvent Extraction With Tributyl Phosphate: 2. Mixer-Settler Pilot Plant Investigations (open access)

Final Report on Purification of Thorium Nitrate by Solvent Extraction With Tributyl Phosphate: 2. Mixer-Settler Pilot Plant Investigations

From abstract: "This report describes the construction and operation of a mixer-settler pilot plant for the purification of mantle-grade thorium nitrate. The liquid-liquid extraction process utilized 30% tributyl phosphate - 70% 'Solvesso-100' as the organic solvent and nitric acid as the salting agent. Continuous steady-state operation of the equipment was demonstrated, with very good recovery of thorium."
Date: July 31, 1952
Creator: Burkhart, C. A.; Foley, D. D.; Retzke, F. A.; Filbert, Robert B., Jr. & Clegg, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enamels for the Protection of Aluminum Cans for Uranium Slugs (open access)

Enamels for the Protection of Aluminum Cans for Uranium Slugs

The following report examines the most suitable enamels recommended for protection of aluminum slug cans.
Date: August 31, 1955
Creator: Schultz, John; Tripp, Harlan P.; King, Burnham William, 1907- & Duckworth, Winston H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of the Hanford Slave Manipulator for Use in the Multicurie Cells at Hanford (open access)

Development of the Hanford Slave Manipulator for Use in the Multicurie Cells at Hanford

Introduction: "During the early planning of the multicurie cells at Hanford it was decided that a slave type manipulator would be necessary to perform the experiments for which the cells were being designed. The design required steel roofs for installation through a port hole in the face. Technical Services Equipment Development began developing the proposed manipulator in January 1951 by making a study of those existing at that tune. None met the requirements which had been established; therefore, the design of a special manipulator was started immediately."
Date: October 31, 1952
Creator: Field, Richard E. & Gifford, John F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interpretation and Evaluation of the Uranium Occurences Near Goodsprings, Nevada: Final Report (open access)

Interpretation and Evaluation of the Uranium Occurences Near Goodsprings, Nevada: Final Report

Abstract: The uranium occurrences near Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada, are divided into two distinct types which differ from each other in geographic distribution, localization of mineralization, mineralogy and origin. None of the known deposits is of present commercial significance and therefore this study emphasizes the genetic rather than the economic aspects.
Date: December 31, 1954
Creator: Barton, Paul B., Jr. & Behre, Charles H., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Conceptual Study of a 100 kw Gas Cooled Reactor Power Plant for a Remote Location (open access)

A Conceptual Study of a 100 kw Gas Cooled Reactor Power Plant for a Remote Location

From introduction: This report details the conceptual design of a 100 kw gas cooled reactor power plant of the type that would satisfy the electrical and space heating load of the Air Force distant early warning stations and might find application at other remote bases.
Date: May 31, 1955
Creator: Frankfort, J. H. & Thompson, W. I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Test of Buried Structural-Plate Pipes Subjected to Blast Loading (open access)

Test of Buried Structural-Plate Pipes Subjected to Blast Loading

Abstract: Two 20-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter, 10-gauge structural-plate pipes having longitudinal joints with 8 bolts per foot were buried and tested in the Smoky event of operation Plumbob at nominal predicted pressure levels of approximately 170 and 195 psi.
Date: December 31, 1958
Creator: Williamson, R. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report on Interpretation and Evaluation of the Uranium Occurrences Near Goodsprings, Nevada (open access)

Final Report on Interpretation and Evaluation of the Uranium Occurrences Near Goodsprings, Nevada

From introduction: This report is based on the field and laboratory studies of the uranium mineralization in the vicinity of Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada. The location of the region is shown in figure 1.
Date: December 31, 1954
Creator: Barton, Paul B., Jr. & Behre, Charles H., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hard-Core Pinch. I (open access)

The Hard-Core Pinch. I

This report analyzes a linear, hard-core pinch tube built to examine tubes afflicted by small-scale instabilities evident from many observations.
Date: July 31, 1959
Creator: Birdsall, D. H.; Colgate, Stirling A. & Furth, Harold P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hard-Core Pinch. II (open access)

The Hard-Core Pinch. II

This report describes a toroidal version of the hard-core pinch and the additional information it can obtain to what the analogous linear pinch can get.
Date: July 31, 1959
Creator: Birdsall, D. H.; Colgate, Stirling A. & Furth, Harold P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of West Virginia (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of West Virginia

Report documenting the suitability of West Virginia for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: January 31, 1952
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Utah (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Utah

Report documenting the suitability of Utah for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: December 31, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of New Mexico (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of New Mexico

Report documenting the suitability of New Mexico for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest
Date: October 31, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method for Estimating Lift Interference of Wing-Body Combinations at Supersonic Speeds (open access)

Method for Estimating Lift Interference of Wing-Body Combinations at Supersonic Speeds

Memorandum presenting the use of the modified slender-body method to predict the lift and moment interference of triangular wing-body combinations adapted to combinations with other than triangular wings. The methods are applied to the prediction of the lit-curve slopes of nearly 100 triangular, rectangular, and trapezoidal wing-body configurations.
Date: December 31, 1951
Creator: Nielsen, Jack N. & Kaattari, George E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measurement of Static Forces on Externally Carried Bombs of Fineness Ratios 7.1 and 10.5 in the Flow Field of a Swept-Wing Fighter- Bomber Configuration at a Mach Number of 1.6 (open access)

Measurement of Static Forces on Externally Carried Bombs of Fineness Ratios 7.1 and 10.5 in the Flow Field of a Swept-Wing Fighter- Bomber Configuration at a Mach Number of 1.6

Memorandum presenting forces and moments measured at Mach number 1.6 in the 4- by 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel on bombs of fineness ratios 7.0 and 10.5 in the presence of a swept-wing fighter-bomber airplane configuration for a large number of positions under the fuselage. The results can be used to calculate bomb-drop paths.
Date: January 31, 1957
Creator: Geier, Douglas J. & Carlson, Harry W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation at Transonic Speeds of the Effects of Fences, Drooped Nose, and Vortex Generators on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Wing-Fuselage Combination Having a 6-Percent-Thick, 45 Degree Sweptback Wing (open access)

An Investigation at Transonic Speeds of the Effects of Fences, Drooped Nose, and Vortex Generators on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Wing-Fuselage Combination Having a 6-Percent-Thick, 45 Degree Sweptback Wing

Report presenting an investigation at transonic speeds to determine the effects of fences, drooped nose, combination fences and drooped nose, and vortex generators on a 45 degree sweptback wing-fuselage combination. The purpose of undertaking this investigation was due to the pitch-up tendency that results from leading-edge vortex-type flow on thin sweptback wings. The data for each component and their interaction with one another is also provided.
Date: March 31, 1953
Creator: Hieser, Gerald
System: The UNT Digital Library